The Agile Enterprise: Reinventing your Organization for Success in an On-Demand WorldNirmal Pal, Daniel Pantaleo One of the first widely available resources on the subject of adaptive enterprise. The text takes on a new and burgeoning field of study and development and provides the opportunity to help shape and guide the thinking of decision makers in the world of both public and private sectors. The authors contribute a wealth of experience from professional situations having worked for IBM Global Services Consulting Group and SAP Institute for Innovation and Development. |
Contents
THE AGILE ENTERPRISE Reinventing your Organization for Success in an On Demand World | 1 |
EMERGENCE OF THE AGILE ENTEPRISE Building Organizations for the Global Digital Economy | 11 |
BUSINESS PROCESS AUTOMATION A Framework for Combining Best and Next Practices for the Agile Organization | 33 |
SERVICES ARE THE LANGUAGE AND BUILDING BLOCKS OF AN AGILE ENTERPRISE | 49 |
THE ON DEMAND WORLD Mapping the Government Genome | 87 |
INNOVATION MANAGEMENT IN AN AGILE ENTERPRISE | 101 |
AGILE ENTERPRISES AND OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING | 127 |
ADAPTIVE INNOVATION MANAGEMENT | 151 |
AGILE TO ADAPTIVE Making Organizations More Responsive to CustomersA Xerox Case Study | 195 |
IMPLEMENTING THE AGILE ENTERPRISE The EBusiness Opportunity Model | 219 |
SECURITY AND PRIVACYS ROLE IN THE AGILE ENTERPRISE | 255 |
SMALL MANUFACTURERS AND THE AGILE ENTERPRISE | 277 |
IT AND THE AGILE GOVERNMENT The Role of Information Technology in Improving the Efficiency of Government Functions | 295 |
About the Contributors | 309 |
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THE DNA OF ORGANIZATIONAL AGILITY | 167 |
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Adaptive Enterprise adaptive innovation management Agile Enterprise agile organization alignment application software applications blueprint business models Business Process Automation Business Process Modeling business processes capabilities centers challenges communication companies competitive complex components core corporate cost create culture customer problem sets customer relationship management deliver delivery E-Business Implication E-Business Opportunity e-Business potential efficiency end users enterprise architecture environment example execution external factors Figure firms flexibility focus formalized services functions global identify impact implementation improve industry information technology infrastructure integration internal Internet investment layer leverage manufacturing marketplace offshore outsourcing operations organizational agility partners PepsiCo pharmaceutical process automation projects provides relationship requirements response risk satisfaction security and privacy Sentinel solution stack solutions specific standards strategy suppliers supply chain tacit knowledge transaction understand value chain value network vendor XBRG Xerox